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Fuck Subscriptions

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Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.

Expect use of strong language.

Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.

No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.

Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.

New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.

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Some other groovy communities for those who wish to own their products, their data and their life:

Right to Repair/Ownership

Hedges Development

Privacy

Privacy Guides

DeGoogle Yourself

F-Droid

Stallman Was Right

Some other useful links:

FreeMediaHeckYeah

Louis Rossman's YouTube channel

Look at content hosted at Big Tech without most of the nonsense:

Piped

Invidious

Nitter

Teddit

 

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How to get nobody to ever buy your products again 101.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a sous vide steak at a restaurant before I knew that it was French for 'boil in a bag'. Thats how I knew to never buy a sous vide machine.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sous vide steaks are the best way to cook a steak. If you get a steak at a high end restaurant, it will be sous vide no matter what. And no, it’s not “boil in a bag”. Smh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

it’s not “boil in a bag”

Please explain how putting food in a plastic bag and then immersing it in hot water differs from “boil in a bag”

[–] TheLadyAugust 8 points 2 months ago

It's a bit more involved. You need to vacuum seal your food so you have a consistent temperature across entirety of the surface. You don't really boil the water either, you have to keep it as an exact temperature and keep it circulating. That way you can cook food in seasonings and marinades to a perfect temperature then pan sear afterward for color with out losing any juices.

If you just throw food in a bag and boil it, you'll probably be disappointed with the comparison to actual sous vide cooking.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Because it’s not boiling? I mean the difference is in the name you gave it!?